Angelo Andrew Pagoda

Angelo Andrew Pagoda

Personal Information
Date of Birth	10 Mar 1914
Place of Birth	Day Dawn, Western Australia
Death	1 Mar 1945
Place of Death	Cootamundra, New South Wales
Age at Enlistment	27 years old
Occupation	Brick worker
Religion	Roman Catholic
Address	Prospect road, Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Mother , Ms. Santina Varshetti
Military Information
Reg Number	W20671 & WX36329
Date of Enlistment	6 Mar 1941
Rank	Gunner
Unit/Formation	381 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Troop
Post War Details
Monument(s)	Cannington, Western Australia
Australian War Memorial	Australian War Memorial

Pre War

Electoral Roll entries: 1936 - 1937 at Nullagine, prospector

War Service

Enlisted part time in the CMF on 6 Mar 1941 and called up for full time duty on 11 Mar 1942, with a posting to the 5th Australian Motor Ambulance Convoy on 28 Jul 1942.

transferred to the 2nd AIF on 4 Jan 1943.

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  Cootamundra Cemetery - War section
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  War cemetery Grave 6 in Plot B, Row D

SOLDIERS' BODY FOUND

Alongside Line Near Nubba

For the third time, within 13 months a soldier has been killed as a result of falling from a train between Cootamundra and Harden. Yesterday the body of WX36329 Gnr. A. A. Pagoda was found by a fettler, Mr. Ware, near Nubba. It had been terribly cut about! The previous two victims were a soldier named West, found between Wallendbeen and Nubba, and a soldier named Purcell, found between Jindalee and Wallendbeen. Gnr. Pagoda was buried in the Cootamundra war cemetery this after noon.

SOLDIER'S DEATH

The inquiry into the death of the late Angelo Andrew Pagoda, whose body was found alongside the South-ern Line near Nubba, was also held. Dr. Henry said deceased's injuries were consistent with him falling from a train, and being dragged along after the fall.

George Alfred Ware, fettler, of Nubba, gave evidence that he found the body, and arranged for the ambulance and the police to be called. Plainclothes Constable Haskew said that inquiries had been made in Sydney and Albury, but it had not yet been possible to establish which train the deceased was travelling on. So far no equipment or luggage had been found in the trains. Further inquiries are being continued, and a report had been forwarded to the Victorian police for inquiries in that State. The inquest was adjourned until April 9.

ADJOURNED INQUEST

Into Soldier's Death The deputy coroner Mr. J. T. Renehan) concluded yesterday the inquiry into the death of Angelo Andrew Pa goda, soldier, whose body was found alongside the southern railway line' on March 1. The coroner found that deceased died from haemorrhage and shock from extensive wounds of the shoulder and right arm and a head injury, caused by falling from a troop train on which he was a passenger, but whether or not the fall was accidental or otherwise the evidence adduced did not allow him to say.

Plainclothes Constable W. Haskew, of Cootamundra, said that police inquiries revealed that deceased was travelling In a troop train from Melbourne to Sydney with his unit. The train passed the spot where his body was found at about 1.20 a.m. on Thursday, March 1. Other members of the unit travelling, with the de-ceased had been interviewed, and statements obtained. It had not been possible to ascertain what caused the deceased to fall from the train. All members of the unit were on good terms, and there were no suspicious circumstances. Their statements indicated that Pagoda was asleep on the train at 11.30, and was not missed until the train arrived in Sydney. From information supplied it appeared that his mother resided in Western Australia.